A large coin is made to spin on its edge around the inside rim of a metal basin.
This effect was popular over a hundred years ago with all types of performers both for parties and at outdoor venues. The high keening sound made by the coin attracts a large crowd of onlookers who become fixated by the combination of sight and sound.
You will receive both a PDF and a video.
1st edition 2019, 4 pages + video length 23s.
A short, to-the-point routine for the mental photography, or nudist, deck that does not require the use of a table. An ideal effect for opening a close-up performance. It requires little skill beyond a few straight cuts of the deck, which means you can focus on the presentation. Full patter is included. Albert Goshman included this effect among his wonders for good reason.
All you will get here is the routine, the patter. You will have to supply your own nudist deck.
1st edition 2019, 4 pages.
The performer extends his arm and a paper streamer appears. This is gathered up, placed in a bowl. Water is added. Using chopsticks the water is stirred, and the paper streamer transforms into real noddles you can eat. A Chinese classic.
Everything is explained in a PDF and a video.
1st edition 2019, 4 pages, video length 2:12.
Display four cards printed on both sides and the cards go blank on both sides. The effect is reversed and you end up with four printed cards again.
The instructions take you through step by step, which is easy to follow including illustrations. No difficult sleight-of-hand.
You will need a blank face and four blank back cards.
1st edition 2019, 4 pages.
A matrix effect using playing cards instead of coins. A simplified and better version of Albert Goshman's classic cards through the newspaper (Genii vol. 30, June 1966).
1st edition 2019, 4 pages + videos.
This is a much later version of Slydini's classic routine cut down to a length more suited to today's short audience attention span. Any unnecessary moves have been eliminated. The sequence is written for right hand performers.
You will also receive a video with further explanations and demonstrations.
1st edition 2018, 3 pages + video
A totally self-working mystery that can be constructed for very little time and expense that leaves your audience completely puzzled.
Display a penny. Cover it with a matchbox. The penny has changed into a dime. Open the matchbox. The penny has traveled into the matchbox.
1st edition 2018, 3 pages + video
One of Dai Vernon's favorite casual effects. The double vanish and reappearing of a coin.
1st edition 2017, 4 pages.
Brick Tilley learned this routine in China from Mr. Fu in 1980. It is a 'cups and balls' routine but is performed with two rice bowls and three balls which appear to be small pieces of fruits. They are not really pieces of fruits but that is what they look like. Details of what they are and how to make them is in the ebook.
The video below is part one of a four part routine.
1st edition 2017, 5 pages.
An advancement on Ed Marlo's iconic card change. See video below. You can only perform this at a table with an assistant.
1st edition 2017, 4 pages.
A curious effect from the Philippines, circa 1946. A paper cut-out of a man and a bowl both cling to the wall in a mysterious manner. The bowl is filled with water and a lighted candle floats in it, creating an elegant display. Requires a setup and a gimmick - all explained in this ebook.
1st edition 2017, 5 pages.